Maryland power Loyola-Blakefield will look to even its record against teams from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region today. L-B takes on Lakeland/Panas in a 4 p.m game at West Point. Lakeland/Panas is hardly the only team from Section 1 in action. Among the matchups: Somers at Brewster […]

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National college coverage starts this week with a 5 p.m. Big East game between Villanova and host Georgetown on ESPNU. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links New iPhone/iPad app * Download for free the new LaxLessons’ playbook iPad/iPhone app in the iTunes store. * You can subscribe to LaxLessons.com’s […]

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What looks to be a wide-open race in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference begins with a bang today. Ridgefield, the 2011 Connecticut Class L state champs and 2012 state finalists, visits Greenwich at Cardinals Stadium. Greenwich, with a roster of mostly underclassmen, finished 9-9 last year but is expected to contend for the top […]

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It will be a NJ vs. NY matchup of nationally ranked teams on Saturday, April 6 when Delbarton visits St. Anthony’s at 1 p.m. The contest can be seen live on MSG Varsity Channel 14 (Optimum) and on MSGVarsity.com. Our latest poll question asks who you think will win the game. To vote, go to […]

It’s called the Snow Belt for a reason. But heavy snow in the spring? Enough is enough. That’s the feeling of folks from Buffalo to Rochester to Syracuse, who have been hit by a lake-effect snowstorm that has resulted in the postponement of many varsity events. Among the games off for today – the scheduled […]

Tony Vallance has been coaching at the college level for the past 11 years including stops at Dean Junior College, Muhlenberg College, Bellarmine University and most recently Fairfield University.  Originally from Maryland, he played goalie at Penn State University where he graduated in 1998.  He is currently the Director of Lacrosse Instruction at the House of Sports, located […]

It be will a day of some noteworthy firsts. Perennial New York state title contender Yorktown will play its first game on its new turf field with a 4:30 p.m. game against Putnam Valley, which happens to be coached by one of the top defenders in school history, former YHS and Johns Hopkins All-American Brian […]

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LaxLessons.com and Epoch Lacrosse have teamed up for a new feature at LaxLessons.com in which lacrosse standouts share their epic high school memories. To say Ric Beardsley revolutionized lacrosse would not be an exaggeration. A four-time All-America defenseman at Syracuse University, Beardsley brought his own unique mix of energy and enthusiasm combined with outstanding physical […]

When it comes to Nassau County (Section 8/N.Y.) boys lacrosse, the Manhasset-Cold Spring Harbor rivalry is up there among the best. The teams renew acquaintances today at 7 p.m. at CSH. In Suffolk County, there is just one game on the slate: Mepham at Copiague at 7 p.m. In the lone Section 1 game on […]

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Spencer Repp, a 2012 Scarsdale High School (N.Y.) graduate who was a standout on the Raiders’ boys lacrosse team, died Friday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in Mount Lemmon, Ariz. Repp, 19, attended the University of Arizona. He was a standout midfielder for Scarsdale who was a team captain last season. Funeral arrangements […]

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Christian Scarpello was very familiar with Rutgers University’s men’s lacrosse program well before the Scarlet Knights began recruiting him. That’s because Christian’s brother, Colin Scarpello, a senior attackman/midfielder at Madison High School (N.J.), signed a National Letter of Intent with RU in November — more than four months before Christian verbally committed to Rutgers. The […]

Photos by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com Brunswick held on to beat the Deerfield Academy 9-7 on Saturday. In this sequence with the score tied at 6-6 in the fourth quarter, Brunswick goalie Tommy Heidt, right, stops Virginia recruit and Canadian U-19 National team member Joe French of Deerfield in Saturday’s game in Greenwich, Conn.  Click here for […]

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It was quite a week for Hudson Valley and Long Island varsity teams and it wrapped up with some interesting outcomes yesterday Now, Connecticut and New Jersey squads are set to get their seasons going this coming week. For more on that, and a look ahead to some of the big games on the schedule […]

You can get your lacrosse fix this Easter Sunday with a 12 p.m. game between Army and Colgate on the CBS Sports Network. The game gets under way at 12 p.m. Have a recruiting commitment to report? Email us at info@laxlessons.com. LAXLESSONS Links New iPhone/iPad app * Download for free the new LaxLessons’ playbook iPad/iPhone […]

Connecticut will get its regular season going next week and there are some interesting Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference games. Our latest poll question asks who you think will win the Ridgefield at Greenwich game on Wednesday, April 3. To vote, go to the right panel of this page. Then, scroll past the “New Comments” […]